419 scam: "Ms. Flor Kubota" <nassiruddin89@gmail.com> UPDATE ME

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms. Flor Kubota" <nassiruddin89@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ms.florkubota510@aol.com
Date: Mon, 9 May 2022 14:08:53 -0700
Subject: UPDATE ME

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Dear Sir,

My name is Flor Kubota, I am Mexican Citizen by birth and Japanese
Citizen by marriage, I lost my husband some few years ago to CANCER
sickness, I did not know that my late father kept funds for me in a
bank in the UK where he lived until he died, my late father gave the
bank a (Condition) that I must be married and the funds must be
released only to my husband,

i have a problem, I was married and have children already and I have
lost my husband before I was informed by my fathers lawyer in London
about the funds, I do not wish to get married again, I only wish to
live with my children and take care of them, but I need to claim the
funds from the institution where it is, I will need your help to act
as my husband for the institution to release the funds to you, so that
after the institution release the funds to you I will receive it back
from you, but you will get ten percent of the ($50,000,000.00, Fifty
Million United States Dollars) which will be $5,000,000.00, Five
Million United States Dollars).

This is legitimate invitation from me to you, and not related to any
crime, all I ask is for you to act as my husband, and my lawyer will
take care of all the documents that will be required, you will not
need to travel and you will not need to be married to me in reality.

if you are interested, please let me know, so that I can send you details.

Regards,

Ms. Flor Kubota

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